"We run a good clean ship we train our people to be able to handle it that way," Garrett said. "Technology has really come a long way over 10 years and we're really going to take advantage of it."

Construction is slated to start late this winter for the 6,000-square-foot complex, which would house a drive-through Dunkin' Donuts and hopefully a D'Angelos, Garrett said after his presentation. The station, which will have five gas pumps and two diesel fuel pumps, will be built on a vacant, almost 3-acre plot just north of the Interstate 495 ramps.

"You've got a nice layout," Selectman Brian Murray said after looking at a site plan for the project.

Touhey, Antonellis and Garrett answered selectmen's questions about safety concerns with the lined, underground, double-walled storage tanks and their proximity to the town's water protection area.

Conditions have been set locally and to state code for the facility, including for a spill response kit to be readily available to station attendants, documented employee training and established spill procedures.

"If there was ever a presentation that gave me confidence, was professional ... (this) has done that, given me confidence," selectmen Chairman William Buckley said.

The project, which has been approved by the Planning Board and Zoning Board of Appeals, was compared to the one just finished in Bellingham, which features a Rapid Refill convenience store and gas station, Dunkin' Donuts and D'Angelos.

In other business last night, selectmen approved the Insurance Advisory Committee's 2008 health insurance rates for the town's Medicare-eligible retirees after reviewing a memo from Town Treasurer Barbara Auger.

Milford moved Jan. 1 from a self-insured BlueCross BlueShield option to premium-based Medex 2 and Managed Blue for Seniors, while keeping the Fallon Senior plan, according to Auger's memo.

The premiums for Medex 2 with prescription medications is rising from $343.10 to $345.48, a 0.69 percent change. Managed Blue for Seniors with prescription medications is rising from $295.08 to $306.91, a 4.01 percent increase, and Fallon Senior is rising from $172 to $207, up 20.35 percent, according to Auger's figures.